Dream GOP Candidate for Obama in 2012?

SirJosephPorter

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I just love to see the "lefties " squirm....
When I see the White House press secretary make fun of her....You can tell they don't think she is irrelevant..
They did the same thing with fox news and they are now the "most watched" news organization.
She couldn't buy that kind of publicity
The left is just showing their Angst...:lol::lol::lol:

She bought plenty of publicity when she read her palm while she was answering an easy, softball question. That video is making the circuits on the web, it is a big talking point with bloggers.

I think she has bought plenty of negative publicity with her stunt of palm reading, acolyte adulation of her notwithstanding.

Incidentally, she is not making lefties squirm, the lefties want her to win the nomination. She is making the Republican bosses squirm. Their worst nightmare is Joan of Arc winning the nomination and then losing by a landslide.

Her acolytes think (sorry, her acolytes 'know') that she will be another Reagan, but Republican bosses are afraid that she will be another Goldwater.
 

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Her acolytes think (sorry, her acolytes 'know') that she will be another Reagan, but Republican bosses are afraid that she will be another Goldwater.

Now, now...as a bonafide member of the acolytes club, you know I've posted that she is an incomparable original, and I've stated the reasons why. I don't think she will be another Reagan at all.
 

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Now, now...as a bonafide member of the acolytes club, you know I've posted that she is an incomparable original, and I've stated the reasons why. I don't think she will be another Reagan at all.

When I said Reagan, I was not referring to her performance as a president. When I compared her to Reagan, what I meant was that her acolytes think (sorry, her acolytes ‘know’) that she will win the election against Obama by sweeping all 50 states (like Reagan did).

Her acolytes ‘know’ that she is another Reagan in that sense, but the republican bosses have an uncomfortable feeling that she may be another Goldwater (and lose by a landslide) and not another Reagan (and win by a landslide).
 

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When I said Reagan, I was not referring to her performance as a president. When I compared her to Reagan, what I meant was that her acolytes think (sorry, her acolytes ‘know’) that she will win the election against Obama by sweeping all 50 states (like Reagan did).

Her acolytes ‘know’ that she is another Reagan in that sense, but the republican bosses have an uncomfortable feeling that she may be another Goldwater (and lose by a landslide) and not another Reagan (and win by a landslide).

OK, thanks for telling me what you meant to say.

And, now that I've been informed of what I think or know, what do you think? If she's nominated, in terms of her election results, will she be a Reagan or a Goldwater?
 

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OK, thanks for telling me what you meant to say.

And, now that I've been informed of what I think or know, what do you think? If she's nominated, in terms of her election results, will she be a Reagan or a Goldwater?

I am not the one to predict the future, countryboy, you need a fierce partisan to do that (like any Joan of Arc acolyte, for instance, he will tell you with perfect confidence that she is going to win the nomination and then sweep all 50 states to win the election in 2012).

So I really couldn’t say if she will be another Reagan or Goldwater. Based upon what we know so far, and based upon today’s conditions, if nothing changes, then she definitely will be another Goldwater.

But a lot can change between now and then. Joan of Arc may suddenly become erudite, knowledgeable, articulate, charming, charismatic etc. and start to appeal to the broad population, rather than only to dirty old men. Or we may have double dip recession and economy maybe in the tank come 2012. Then we may have 1980 all over again.

But as of now, based upon what we know now, I would say that she probably will be another Goldwater, that we may be looking at Obama landslide if she is the Republican nominee.
 

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I am not the one to predict the future, countryboy, you need a fierce partisan to do that (like any Joan of Arc acolyte, for instance, he will tell you with perfect confidence that she is going to win the nomination and then sweep all 50 states to win the election in 2012).

So I really couldn’t say if she will be another Reagan or Goldwater. Based upon what we know so far, and based upon today’s conditions, if nothing changes, then she definitely will be another Goldwater.

But a lot can change between now and then. Joan of Arc may suddenly become erudite, knowledgeable, articulate, charming, charismatic etc. and start to appeal to the broad population, rather than only to dirty old men. Or we may have double dip recession and economy maybe in the tank come 2012. Then we may have 1980 all over again.

But as of now, based upon what we know now, I would say that she probably will be another Goldwater, that we may be looking at Obama landslide if she is the Republican nominee.

Thanks for your opinion on that. I've never considered myself to be a dirty old man, but hey, I guess I've been called worse names.

So we may be looking at an Obama landslide, eh? What if the bloom has come off the rose for all those starry-eyed, left wingnut, time-for-magical-change groupies that have begun to realize that their saviour is nothing more than a human being, making human mistakes, and not getting much of anything done?

Do you think any of them might swing over to the "right" side and give their vote(s) to Sarah? At least she has a track record for getting things done.
 
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The consensus of opinion around the water cooler this morning was that Americans will vote for big boobs rather than big ears in 2012. But who cares because the world will end before she takes office.

The only thing that frightens me about her is her bone crunching jaws.
 

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I am not the one to predict the future, countryboy, you need a fierce partisan to do that (like any Joan of Arc acolyte, for instance, he will tell you with perfect confidence that she is going to win the nomination and then sweep all 50 states to win the election in 2012).

So I really couldn’t say if she will be another Reagan or Goldwater. Based upon what we know so far, and based upon today’s conditions, if nothing changes, then she definitely will be another Goldwater.

But a lot can change between now and then. Joan of Arc may suddenly become erudite, knowledgeable, articulate, charming, charismatic etc. and start to appeal to the broad population, rather than only to dirty old men. Or we may have double dip recession and economy maybe in the tank come 2012. Then we may have 1980 all over again.

But as of now, based upon what we know now, I would say that she probably will be another Goldwater, that we may be looking at Obama landslide if she is the Republican nominee.

Why do the Democrats always make an issue when Sarah Palin speaks, if your not interested just ignore her' I do think she will be there to support who ever the frontrunner will be. Sarah Palin taking the Republican Presidential today would just guarantee Obama another term.
 

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Why do the Democrats always make an issue when Sarah Palin speaks, if your not interested just ignore her' I do think she will be there to support who ever the frontrunner will be. Sarah Palin taking the Republican Presidential today would just guarantee Obama another term.
Can we expect her to be wearing skimpy cheer leader outfits, can we, can we!!!!?????

Will the Republicans be able to pick a viable candidate before the next election from the field of criminal idiots that are running? Kinda like trying to pick a booger out of your nose with an amputated wrist. Only a Republican moron would want the job before a Democrat can fix Bush's mess.
 

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Thanks for your opinion on that. I've never considered myself to be a dirty old man, but hey, I guess I've been called worse names.

So we may be looking at an Obama landslide, eh? What if the bloom has come off the rose for all those starry-eyed, left wingnut, time-for-magical-change groupies that have begun to realize that their saviour is nothing more than a human being, making human mistakes, and not getting much of anything done?

Do you think any of them might swing over to the "right" side and give their vote(s) to Sarah? At least she has a track record for getting things done.

The problem with Joan of Arc is that she has very high negatives with American people, particularly among women. Don’t be fooled by the slavish adulation, adoration displayed by the acolytes, polls show that Americans in general have a very low opinion of her.

McCain picked her in the hope that she will attract women voters (Republicans have a perennial problem with women and other minorities). She did not accomplish that, if anything, she hurt McCain with women.

As to swing to the right, it is certainly possible. The electorate is expected to swing to the right in the next election (as is inevitable, they switch between right and left alternately). However, that is a far car from the electorate voting for somebody of whom they have a very low opinion.

Joan of Arc started with plenty of goodwill. Republicans used to brag about her being the most popular female politician in USA. Until she opened her mouth, that is. Now she has very high negatives.

Unless seem major upheaval happens, she doesn’t’ stand a chance against Obama.
 

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Why, certainly left is afraid of Joan of arc (the politically correct phrase is ‘deathly afraid’, the self admitted sexual harassment perpetrator O'Reilly is not being a good Republican, not being politically correct when he says that the left is only ‘afraid’ of her).

That is the official Republican Party line, every democrat is deathly afraid of every Republican. Thus according to the Republican Party base, Obama was positively shaking in his boots when McCain picked Joan of Arc as his running mate.

Indeed, it is a wonder that any Democrat gets elected, seeing how every Democrat is deathly afraid of very Republican.

So is Obama deathly afraid of Joan of Arc? You bet. Same as he is deathly afraid of Romney, deathly afraid of Newt Gingrich, Mark Sanford, Larry 'wide stance' Craig or indeed any Republican who runs for any office, including that of the dog catcher.
 

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The consensus of opinion around the water cooler this morning was that Americans will vote for big boobs rather than big ears in 2012. But who cares because the world will end before she takes office.

The only thing that frightens me about her is her bone crunching jaws.

And why wouldn't they, Cliffy? Any electorate crazy enough to vote for Bush twice is capable of anything. They may vote for big boobs as well as for anything else (perhaps Joan of Arc should get a boob job to enhance her chances).
 
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SirJosephPorter

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I really don't get the Palin-Jeanne D'Arc analogy. Don't people know that St. Joan was burned alive?

I have explained it several times before. The nickname Joan of Arc doesn’t make fun of Sarah Palin; it makes fun of her supporters, her acolytes.

Her supporters hold her in almost a Godlike awe; they have Godlike devotion to her. To them, she is a Saint, she can do no wrong. Thus when she bombed her interviews with Katie Couric big time, her followers were hoping mad at Couric. According to them, it was Couric's fault that Palin could not answer simple questions about foreign policy, or which periodicals she read every week etc. they even justified with straight face her answer about Russia being visible from Alaska.

Her followers are like her acolytes, they regard her as a Saint, who has come to rescue them from the evil clutches of Democrats (same as Joan of Arc came to rescue the peasants from the British).

So I think Joan of Arc is an apt nickname for her, it describes her followers quite appropriately.
 

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Why do the Democrats always make an issue when Sarah Palin speaks, if your not interested just ignore her' I do think she will be there to support who ever the frontrunner will be. Sarah Palin taking the Republican Presidential today would just guarantee Obama another term.

Why ignore her when one can ridicule her, ironsides? She provides plenty of fodder for comedy, like Dan Quayle did. Indeed, before the election, I expressed the wish, I almost wished that McCain/Palin get elected. Imagine how much material that would have given comics (or indeed to everybody) with Sarah Palin in the news day after day. Dan Quayle would have paled in comparison.

As to her supporting whoever the Republican nominee is, that depends upon who the nominee is.

It was clear from the New York Congressional election that Tea Party supporters and Palin will not support a Republican candidate if he doesn't not come from the far right.

So if Republicans nominate somebody like Huckabee, I see Palin supporting him. If they nominate Romney, forget it. There is no way Tea Party and Palin will support him unless he moves sharply to the right (and then he may have problems with the electorate at large).
 
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Can we expect her to be wearing skimpy cheer leader outfits, can we, can we!!!!?????

Will the Republicans be able to pick a viable candidate before the next election from the field of criminal idiots that are running? Kinda like trying to pick a booger out of your nose with an amputated wrist. Only a Republican moron would want the job before a Democrat can fix Bush's mess.

Democrats don't have the smarts to get anything passed. They messed up, had their chance and blew it. Their only hope of sticking around is getting something passed the majority of voters like before November. And YES you can!